The game is one of the most memorable in the heated Florida–Florida State football rivalry and tied the NCAA record for the biggest fourth-quarter comeback.
Because the game occurred before the advent of overtime in college football, it ended in a tie that would be regarded very differently by each team's fan base.
Although Penn State and Nebraska, the top two ranked teams in the nation, were cruising along to undefeated records, there was no chance the two would meet to settle the championship.
[2] On a cool and overcast Saturday afternoon at Doak Campbell Stadium, Florida State got on the board first with a 35-yard field goal from Dan Mowrey.
Florida, however, came back with a vengeance and scored 24 unanswered first-half points, building a 21-point halftime lead behind three Danny Wuerffel touchdown passes, including two to receiver Jack Jackson.
The Seminoles scored their first touchdown of the day on first-and-goal from the 5 when Zack Crockett found the end zone on a fullback dive.
Kanell methodically drove the Seminoles down the field, completing 6 passes, mostly to receivers underneath Florida's zone coverage and running backs out of the backfield.
[3] Two plays later, however, Wuerffel threw to an area of the field where there were no Gator receivers and was intercepted by James Colzie at the Seminole 40, sending the Doak Campbell crowd into a frenzy.
The drive was capped by a 4-yard touchdown run by Rock Preston with 1:45 left in the game, making it 31–30 Florida pending the extra point.
[4] Mowrey came on and split the uprights, tying the game at 31 and completing Florida State's historic fourth quarter comeback.
[2] Florida lost its spot as the Bowl Coalition's #2 team to Alabama following the tie and although they were able to defeat the Crimson Tide one week later in the SEC Championship Game, it was not enough for the Gators to pass Miami for the second spot in the final coalition poll and they instead settled for a rematch with Florida State in the Sugar Bowl on January 2, 1995.